2. Choose the subject before redesigning it
ME.1 compares materially different subjects:
| Focus option | Disposition |
|---|---|
C-EC-Release-v2 as one Method | reject as a focus assumption; it is a proposed-whole candidate account, not an identified Method |
| an established release-Method family | reject because no governed family relation is supplied |
project-local locator LG-EC417-ReleaseMethods | retain for comparison of the four identified Methods only; it creates no family |
C-AI-Trace-Review | keep as a candidate account but do not select as the focus because trace suggestions govern neither evidence reconciliation nor release authority |
| relations among four identified Methods and two evidence-reconciliation accounts | select because evidence timing, result use, allocation, and authority relations change the release decision |
| test-rig capability/support | retain as a non-Method rival; current evidence does not make it the sole subject |
The selected Method-relation focus contains identified Methods M-HW-Verify, M-SW-Integrate, M-Supplier-Approve, and M-Release-Authorize, plus candidate accounts C-Evidence-Reconcile-Internal and C-Evidence-Reconcile-Supplier. No fifth Method, submethod, established family, or composite whole is asserted.
Reopen to the test-rig capability/resource decision if two of the next three comparable delays occur while required evidence is complete and the rig is unavailable. That observation changes the subject rather than merely lowering a Method score.